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crurifragium

crurifragium noun: the breaking of the lower leg bones as an ancient form of punishment or execution.

Noun

crurifragium (uncountable)

  1. The breaking of the lower leg bones as an ancient form of punishment or execution.

Origin of crurifragium

From Latin crus (“leg”) + fragium (“a fracture of a part of the body”).

Questions about crurifragium

What does crurifragium mean?
Crurifragium means the breaking of the lower leg bones as an ancient form of punishment or execution.
What part of speech is crurifragium?
Crurifragium is a noun.

Words near crurifragium in the dictionary

  1. cruralium
  2. crurall
  3. cruralle
  4. crureus
  5. crureuses
  6. crurifragium
  7. cruro-
  8. crurogenital
  9. cruroinguinal
  10. cruropatagia
  11. cruropatagium

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